Senior Embedded Software Lead – BSP/ASIC for Space Systems (Hybrid)

Owen Thomas B Corp; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile seeks an experienced Embedded Software Team Leader to own the BSP ASIC firmware and software stack critical for space-based cellular platforms. You will bridge hardware R&D with software development across multiple sites and geographies.

You will lead architecture, bring-up, diagnostics and RTOS services, guiding drivers, test features and cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver reliable, real-time systems in a demanding satellite environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years embedded software development experience.
• Strong RTOS and embedded interfaces knowledge.
• Experience leading engineers across sites and geographies.

Responsibilities

• Own SW architecture and delivery for AST's BSP embedded SW stack used in ASIC bring-up and diagnostics.
• Lead drivers, RTOS services and applications, and system-level diagnostics for satellite systems.
• Oversee architecture, implementation, and integration of BSP embedded software and diagnostics+test features for automated tests.
• Collaborate across Systems, HW-RF/digital, ASIC VLSI, Validation and Payload applications SW.

Skills

C language

Real-time programming

Architecture definition

Team leadership

RTOS experience

Education

B.Sc in Computer Science or Engineering

M.Sc preferred

Tools

FreeRTOS

Zephyr

Bare metal

Git/GitLab CI/CD

Oscilloscopes

Analyzers

Signal generators

Job description

AST SpaceMobile seeks an experienced Embedded Software Team Leader to own the BSP ASIC firmware and software stack critical for space-based cellular platforms. You will bridge hardware R&D with software development across multiple sites and geographies.

You will lead architecture, bring-up, diagnostics and RTOS services, guiding drivers, test features and cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver reliable, real-time systems in a demanding satellite environment.